The Mumbai-based company had purchased Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in the 2300 MHz band from Infotel Broadband Services Private Limited (IBSPL) which had won it in a bidding process in 2010. In 2013, the company came into being after getting a unified licence from the telecom department to offer telephony services including voice calls.

After a select service launch for RIL employees and partners in December 2015, Jio had in May 2016, launched its digital wallet service, JioMoney for consumers, and through its IP-based network, it is currently offering free voice calls bundled with data packs. With its RCS (Rich Communication Services) features like enriched calling, chat, file share and unified messaging, telco aims to redefine the telephony experience.

Jio offers next generation digital services over an end-to-end all-IP network, which can be seamlessly upgraded to 5G. In addition to the existing pan India 2300 MHz spectrum and 1800 MHz in 14 circles, Jio invested more than Rs 10,000 crore during to acquire 800 MHz spectrum in 10 circles and 1800 MHz spectrum in 6 circles.

It has laid more than 2.5 lakh kilometres of fibre-optic cables, covering 18,000 cities and over one lakh villages, with an aim to cover 100% of India’s population by 2018. Jio has also built close to half-a-million square feet of cloud data center and a multi-Terabit capacity international network.